Rescuers search for thousands after floods at Nepal-China border
Rescue operations are ongoing along the Nepal-China border following catastrophic flash floods that have left hundreds dead and thousands missing. International aid is being deployed to assist survivors in devastated districts like Nuwakot.
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This is a major humanitarian crisis requiring urgent international coordination and disaster relief to prevent further loss of life.
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NUWAKOT, Nepal (AP) — As rescue efforts in communities buried by catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal - China border entered their fourth day Saturday, authorities were still finding survivors and transporting them to safety. At relief centers, while some arrived, families of others waited anxiously for news of their loved ones as the death toll and the number of people unaccounted for continued to rise.
After Nepali authorities updated their figures Saturday, the combined toll in Nepal and Tibet rose to 676 dead and nearly 3,000 people missing. Chinese authorities have reported seven deaths and more than 550 missing, while Nepal’s disaster agency said the death toll had climbed to 669 with 2,426 people missing.
More than 3,700 people have been rescued in Nepal so far.
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